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Hannah Arendt in Jerusalem
Steven E Aschheim
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Description for Hannah Arendt in Jerusalem
Paperback. Examines the aspects of Hannah Arendt's life and thought including: her complex identity as a German Jew; her commitment to and critique of Zionism and the state of Israel; her works on "totalitarianism", Nazism, and the Eichmann trial; and, her intimate and tense connections to German culture. Editor(s): Aschheim, Steven E. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; JFC; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 481.
For many years Hannah Arendt (1906--1975) has been the object of intense debate. After her bitter critiques of Zionism, which seemed to nullify her early involvement with that movement, and her extremely controversial Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), Arendt became virtually a taboo figure in Israeli and Jewish circles. Challenging the curse of her own title, Hannah Arendt in Jerusalem carries the scholarly investigation of this much-discussed writer to the very place where her ideas have been most conspicuously ignored. Sometimes sympathetically, sometimes critically, these distinguished contributors reexamine crucial aspects of Arendt's life and thought: her complex identity as ... Read more
For many years Hannah Arendt (1906--1975) has been the object of intense debate. After her bitter critiques of Zionism, which seemed to nullify her early involvement with that movement, and her extremely controversial Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), Arendt became virtually a taboo figure in Israeli and Jewish circles. Challenging the curse of her own title, Hannah Arendt in Jerusalem carries the scholarly investigation of this much-discussed writer to the very place where her ideas have been most conspicuously ignored. Sometimes sympathetically, sometimes critically, these distinguished contributors reexamine crucial aspects of Arendt's life and thought: her complex identity as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
481g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520220577
SKU
V9780520220577
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About Steven E Aschheim
Steven E. Aschheim is Professor of Cultural and Intellectual History at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. His previous books include The Nietzsche Legacy in Germany, 1890--1990 (California, 1994), Culture and Catastrophe (1996), In Times of Crisis (2000), and Scholem, Arendt, Klemperer (2001).
Reviews for Hannah Arendt in Jerusalem
It is impressive to see an edited collection in which such a high intellectual standard is maintained throughout.... I learned things from almost every one of these chapters. - Craig Calhoun, author of Critical Social Theory